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One goal of helioseismology is to determine the subsurface structure of sunspots. In order to do so, it is important to understand first the near-surface effects of sunspots on solar waves, which are dominant. Here we construct simplified,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 R. Cameron , L. Gizon , H. Schunker , A. Pietarila

Time-distance helioseismic measurements in surface- and deep-focus geometries for wave-paths that distinguish surface magnetic contributions from those due to deeper perturbations beneath a large sunspot are presented and analysed. Travel…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-02-21 S. P. Rajaguru

Extrapolation codes in Cartesian geometry for modelling the magnetic field in the corona do not take the curvature of the Sun's surface into account and can only be applied to relatively small areas, e.g., a single active region. We compare…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Tilaye Tadesse , T. Wiegelmann , B. Inhester , P. MacNeice , A. Pevtsov , X. Sun

The success of helioseismology is due to its capability to accurately measure the p-mode parameters of the solar eigenmode spectrum, which allow us to infer unique information about the internal structure and dynamics of the Sun. It also…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-10-14 D. Salabert

Sunspot groups and bipolar magnetic regions (BMRs) serve as an observational diagnostic of the solar cycle. We use Debrecen Photohelographic Data (DPD) from 1974-2014 that determined sunspot tilt angles from daily white light observations,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Bruce H. McClintock , Aimee A. Norton , Jing Li

Current helicity quantifies the location of twisted and sheared non-potential structures in a magnetic field. We simulate the evolution of magnetic fields in the solar atmosphere in response to flux emergence and shearing by photospheric…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. R. Yeates , D. H. Mackay , A. A. van Ballegooijen

Normal modes are coupled by the presence of perturbations in the Sun, providing a novel and under-appreciated helioseismic technique with which to image the solar interior. The process of measuring coupling between normal modes is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-18 Shravan Hanasoge

Solar active regions (ARs) are the primary source of solar eruptions and space weather. Accurate detection and tracking of ARs is crucial for understanding their evolution and predicting solar activities. In the previous work, based on the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-25 C. X. Shi , Q. Hao , P. F. Chen , Y. Guo

Polarization observations of the Milky Way and many other spiral galaxies have found a close correspondence between the orientation of spiral arms and magnetic field lines on scales of hundreds of parsecs. This paper presents polarization…

Efficient prediction of solar flares relies on parameters that quantify the eruptive capability of solar active regions. Several such quantitative predictors have been proposed in the literature, inferred mostly from photospheric…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-18 Ioannis Kontogiannis , Manolis K. Georgoulis , Sung-Hong Park , Jordan A Guerra

In our earlier study of this series (Park et al. 2020, Paper I), we examined the hemispheric sign preference (HSP) of magnetic helicity flux $dH/dt$ across photospheric surfaces of 4802 samples of 1105 unique active regions (ARs) observed…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-28 Sung-Hong Park , K. D. Leka , Kanya Kusano

Coronal and chromospheric magnetic fields are derived from polarization and spectral observations of the thermal free-free emission using the Nobeyama Radioheliograph (NoRH). In magnetized plasma, the ordinary and extraordinary modes of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Kazumasa Iwai , Kiyoto Shibasaki

This paper provides testable predictions about starlight polarizations to constrain the geometry of the Galactic magnetic field, in particular the nature of the poloidal component. Galactic dynamo simulations and Galactic dust distributions…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2012-02-07 Michael D. Pavel

A statistical analysis of magnetic energies of the nonlinear force-free and potential fields, and their difference (a proxy for the free magnetic energy) in active regions (ARs) on the Sun of different Hale (Mount Wilson) and McIntosh…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-15 I. V. Zimovets , I. N. Sharykin , W. -Q. Gan

The emergence of dipolar magnetic features on the solar surface is an idealization. Most of the magnetic flux emergence occurs in complex multipolar regions. Here, we show that the surface pattern of magnetic structures alone can reveal the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-11 Philippe-A. Bourdin , Axel Brandenburg

Although vital for life on Earth, solar activity poses questions and increasing threats to humanity due to the Sun's unknown dynamics, intensified by our dependence on terrestrial and space-based infrastructure. This situation is compounded…

Space Physics · Physics 2025-01-06 Leonidas Askianakis

Magnetograms from the Vector SpectroMagnetograph (VSM) of the Synoptic Optical Long-term Investigations of the Sun (SOLIS) project are utilized to study the latitude distribution of magnetic flux elements as a function of latitude in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-01-03 N. -E. Raouafi , J. W. Harvey , C. J. Henney

We have been monitoring yearly variation in the Sun's polar magnetic fields with the Solar Optical Telescope aboard {\it Hinode} to record their evolution and expected reversal near the solar maximum. All magnetic patches in the magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 D. Shiota , S. Tsuneta , M. Shimojo , N. Sako , D. Orozco Suárez , R. Ishikawa

We review recent advances and results in enhancing and developing helioseismic analysis methods and in solar data assimilation. In the first part of this paper we will focus on selected developments in time-distance and global…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-16 Ariane Schad , Laurene Jouve , Tom L. Duvall , Markus Roth , Sergei V. Vorontsov

We describe a recent full-polarization radio continuum survey, performed using the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT), of several nearby galaxies in the Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxies Survey (SINGS) sample. The WSRT-SINGS survey…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2009-11-23 G. Heald , R. Braun